Environmental Farm Plan
Our Food. Our Farm. Our Future.
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Manitoba's EFP
Environmental farm planning enables Manitoba to be a producer of safe, high quality food in a sustainable manner. Since 2004, Manitoba has offered the Environmental Farm Plan (EFP) as a voluntary assessment tool for producers. Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) assist with EFP delivery to maintain producers' confidentiality. Environmental farm planning helps farm managers identify agri-environmental assets and risks, develop an action plan to help mitigate risks, meet sustainable marketing requirements and access agri-environmental cost-share programming. Environmental Farm Planning also provides an element of public trust both provincially and federally and is currently supported through the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership.
By implementing an EFP, producers are able to improve air, water and soil quality while conserving biodiversity on Manitoba farmland. Environmental farm planning contributes to environmental protection and conservation, and makes our province's agricultural products commodities more marketable to environmentally conscious consumers.
Beneficial Management Practices
Under the Sustainable Canadian Agriculture Partnership (Sustainable CAP), there are a number of cost-shared agri-environmental incentives associated with the EFP.
Program |
Funding Stream |
BMP # |
BMP Name |
Eligible Applicants |
Cost Share Ratio
(gov:applicants) |
Funding Cap |
SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE MANITOBA (SAM)
Applications accepted until 11:59 pm on June 13, 2023. |
1100 |
Reduced Tillage Intensity |
Primary Producers |
30:70 |
$80,000 | |
1200 |
Low Disturbance Placement of Seed & Fertilizer |
Primary Producers |
30:70 |
$140,000 | ||
1300 |
Preventing Soil Compaction |
Primary Producers
Licensed Commercial Manure Applicators |
50:50 |
$75,000 | ||
1400 |
Reduced Pesticide Use |
Primary Producers Custom Pesticide Applicators |
50:50 |
$55,000 | ||
1500 |
Soil Landscape Restoration |
Primary Producers |
50:50 |
$30,000 | ||
1600 |
Perennial Cover for Sensitive Lands |
Primary Producers |
50:50 |
$10,000 | ||
1700 |
Hazardous Products Storage |
Primary Producers |
50:50 |
$25,000 | ||
2100 |
Enhanced Feed Efficiency |
Primary Producers |
50:50 |
$160,000 | ||
2200 |
Improved Manure Application |
Primary Producers
Licensed Commercial Manure Applicators |
50:50 |
$855,000 | ||
2300 |
Solid-Liquid Separation of Manure |
Primary Producers |
50:50 |
$415,000 | ||
2400 |
Improved Manure Transport |
Primary Producers
Licensed Commercial Manure Applicator |
50:50 |
$500,000 | ||
2500 |
In-Barn Air Quality Treatment |
Primary Producers |
75:25 |
$525,000 | ||
2600 |
Limiting Thermal Stress on Livestock |
Primary Producers |
50:50 |
$85,000 | ||
2700 |
Composting |
Primary Producers |
50:50 |
$260,000 | ||
4100 |
Irrigation Efficiency |
Primary Producers |
30:70 |
$95,000 | ||
4200 |
Fertigation |
Primary Producers |
30:70 |
$10,000 | ||
4300 |
Drainage Water Management |
Primary Producers |
30:70 |
$145,000 | ||
4400 |
Water Quality |
Primary Producers |
50:50 |
$50,000 | ||
4500 |
Runoff Control |
Primary Producers |
50:50 |
$125,000 | ||
4600 |
Water Use Efficiency |
Primary Producers |
50:50 |
$75,000 | ||
4700 |
Water Supply |
Primary Producers |
50:50 |
$15,000 | ||
RESILIENT AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPES PROGRAM (RALP)
Applications accepted until 11:59 pm on June 12, 2023. |
Grazing Management Planning |
ACL Forage Leaseholders
AMCP
First Nations & Metis
Primary producers outside of Watershed District Boundaries |
75:25 |
$15,000 per project | ||
Rotational Grazing Infrastructure | ||||||
Grassland Rejuvenation | ||||||
Establishment & maintenance of shelterbelts
|
AMCP
First Nations & Metis
Primary producers outside of Watershed District Boundaries |
75:25 |
$15,000 per project | |||
Planting trees/shrubs on marginal land
| ||||||
Silvopasture | ||||||
EFP Farm Gate Signs
EFP Farm Gate Signs are available to producers who have completed the Environmental Farm Planning Process. The sign acknowledges your efforts and encourages others to follow your example of using environmentally responsible and sustainable practices on your farm. A copy of your Statement of Completion is required to obtain a sign. If you are interested in receiving a sign, please email ManitobaEFP@gov.mb.ca with "FARM SIGN" in the subject line and further arrangements will be made.
For more information, contact your local Manitoba Agriculture Office.